We had our Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday for convenience...so Thursday I picked this quilt back up and continued on with the binding. I laid it in the chair while I went and did something else, and came back to find that Bubbie had dragged it to the floor for something to lay on.
I wrestled it from him and finished it while we watched the Saints Game...
My daughter took it home the next day. She chose the fabrics and I made the top. And then she paid to have it quilted. It has sure been a long road from start to finish. I cannot even think how many years have passed...
Here shows the top when it was finished in Feb of 2016. Keep in mind that it took me a while to make the top. Every where we went, we looked for batik fabrics. I would guess at what she would like, knowing that if she didn't like them I would be happy to have them in my collection.
Watch this...it is one of the best feel good stories I have seen.
At the beginning it is Tony Dungy talking...he was Dunn's coach while at Tampa Bay. Also notice near the end that one of the families he helped, the little boy in red is Dashaun Watson. A pro-quarterback today for the Houston Texans.
Not going to say any more. Just wanted to share a wonderful story. It is only about 3 1/2 minutes long.
I don't even know where to begin...so much I want to share but it is all odds and ends of things. But I am going to proceed or I will end up forgetting something.
I came across the above over at By Stargoose and Hanglands. I found it so wonderful I had to share. I will never think of harp music the same way again...and I had never heard of a kora. It is a West African instrument.
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I came across the above quite by accident. Talk about a horse loving to do what it does. Not to mention a great rider! The bridle comes off, but the horse and rider continue on as if he has all the control in the world, when in reality the horse could have done anything she wanted. He was disqualified because he put two hands on the reins to pull the bridle up where she could not step on and trip herself or whatever. But it was her last ride doing this and he wanted to let her finish it the ride.
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I picked this up at the bookstore today...in fact, I paid for it twice. I thought the total high, but most times I say something and I am wrong...and about half the time it is me thinking that it isn't enough and they have missed scanning something. I have started trying to hold my tongue. But I got out to the car and checked the receipt and there it was charged twice. I took the receipt back in and they refunded the money.
Anyway, it is the first quilt book/magazine I have bought in years. Anyway, no one I know likes the modern quilts.
Things such as the above....I just love the color and no holds barred approach. A lot of modern quilts use big blank spaces to let the eye rest such as seen in this quilt. And it gives room to do some fancy quilting if you want. But I am not going to go on and on...Modern quilting means different stuff to different people. I just wanted to show the book.
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We came home from the book store and the New Orleans Saints game was on the TV...I got out daughter's Lotus quilt and set to work on the binding. I worked on the binding for the rest of the game and for at least an hour or two after the game.. I did one whole side. So I am half way done. If I could just work every night that way, it would be done by Thanksgiving.
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I have sat here for half an hour. I know I am forgetting something. But maybe it will come back to me and I can use it in another blog post.
In case I don't post again, I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.
